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Stewarding

Stewarding is an easy and enjoyable way to give something to your local community or to find out about a new one. Audiences repeatedly praise the high quality, friendly volunteers who run our concerts.

There is no special expertise required, you just need to be 18 or over, enthusiastic, reliable and friendly. Full training will be provided.

Volunteer to be the public face of our concert season and/or festival for our audiences and participants by giving a morning, lunchtime, an afternoon or evening to help make an event happen. As a steward you will be working as part of a passionate and motivated team to welcome, inform and look after the safety of our audiences and participants. You will meet new people, work in interesting venues and hear some fantastic music.

Young Ambassadors

Every year Cambridge Early Music recruits a number of Young Ambassadors from the University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University and local Sixth Form Colleges to promote our activities amongst the student community. Ambassadors would:

spread the word about our concerts through emails and social media

encourage fellow students to attend our events

encourage students to enroll on our Summer School programmes (for which generous bursaries are available)

help with office administration

help with concert management (free tickets and refreshments in return)

This would be advantageous for your CV and will provide valuable experience for those who may go on into the world of arts administration and/or performance. You will be invited an annual reception in recognition of your work.

Internships

Cambridge Early Music offers work experience to outstanding individuals who gain invaluable practical experience within the fields of arts management. These placements are usually, but not always, offered to undergraduate students resident in Cambridge, often over a period of six weeks in July/August to coincide with our Summer School programmes - although longer periods of work throughout the year are also possible, please enquire.

Candidates will be expected to have an enthusiasm for historically informed performance and to be committed to bringing the best of their skills and abilities to the organisation. Excellent communication and organisational skills, good IT skills and the ability to prioritise and work to meet deadlines are essential for the role.

Tasks may include assisting with artist contracts, organising travel and accommodation, concert management, providing marketing and box office support - all working part-time with more intensive work during our Summer Schools and Festival. The flexible nature of the post allows the candidate to continue with their academic studies and Cambridge Early Music is sympathetic to the candidate's own rehearsal/performance commitments.

Please note: out of pocket expenses are covered.

To apply please send your CV to info@CambridgeEarlyMusic.org with a covering letter outlining the reasons you believe you would be suitable for the position and your availability.

Sophia Allef - Volunteer (Summer 2016)

“My time volunteering with Cambridge Early Music was a very enriching experience for me, due to many, various aspects: The work had been especially enjoyable for being the contact for all participants and tutors which meant daily insights in the rehearsal process, supporting the artists in any manner and also sharing a lot of laughter and joy! I felt very lucky to get to know people from nearly all over the globe; enjoying time together and getting appreciative feedback from participants from New Mexico and other places has just been wonderful and rewarding. I loved witnessing the joint progress as people came together forming chamber music ensembles at the beginning of the week, everyone bringing their own experiences, skills and musicality to work on the repertoire and finally performing in the concert together as a new union.I appreciated the great range of musical instruments which are rather rare to see and hear, as well as the Spanish Early Music repertoire including stunning pieces of Early Music which I had never experienced before. Although the course itself has a repetitive routine, every day was exciting to be part of due to the variety of tasks that had to be done such as the provision of programme booklets for the concerts and stage management at the actual events. I particularly enjoyed the daily work in the office in a motivatingatmosphere throughout the whole course time, and also close to the rehearsals and performances venues situated in the beautiful ambienceof Jesus College Cambridge. I am immensely grateful for the opportunity of volunteering for the Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools 2016. I hope to be able to join the great and supportive team again at some point in the future as this year’s two weeks went by far too quickly.”

Rebecca Lockhart - Intern (Summer 2015)

"I undertook an internship with Cambridge Early Music the summer after I graduated from university. It was a great experience which allowed me to develop a wide range of transferable skills. From concert management to programme design, from assisting with the box office to creating artists’ contracts and processing invoices, I gained some extremely useful knowledge which has been invaluable in my subsequent search for permanent employment – a manager at another arts organisation specifically commented on what a useful thing to have on my CV this internship was during my interview with her. Aside from its value in terms of career development, I found the opportunity to engage with professional and amateur musicians, help put on several successful concerts, and assist with running two fantastic summer schools very rewarding, particularly as I was able to do some singing and even try out a baroque viola myself. I would highly recommend this internship to anyone who is considering a career in arts management as it provides a very broad range of experiences and is an excellent introduction to what goes on behind the scenes in the arts".